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Computer Viruses
Computer viruses are harmful pieces of software which can reproduce themselves and automatically spread to other computers and networks. Questions about computer virus techniques and specific computer viruses belong here.
5,673 Questions
Can a virus cause schizophrenia?
schizophrenia may be caused by a virus that attacks the hippocampus, a part of the brain that processes sense perceptions. Damage to the hippocampus would account for schizophrenic patients' vulnerability to sensory overload.
Did the Trojan horse really happen?
The Trojan horse story is told to be a myth. This means that it is a made up story, possibly loosely based on some facts from long ago.
Some common examples of human viruses include the common cold, influenza (such as H1N1 and swine flu), herpes (cold sores), and chickenpox (Varicella zoster or VZV). More serious viral diseases include AIDS (HIV), polio, and ebola.
Influenza viruses are spread by coughing and sneezing. The norovirus and rotaviruses, common causes of viral gastroenteritis, are transmitted by the fecal-oral route and are passed from person to person by contact, entering the body in food or water. HIV is one of several viruses transmitted through sexual contact or by exposure to infected blood.
Viral infections provoke an immune response that usually eliminates the infecting virus. These immune responses can also be produced by vaccines, which give immunity to specific viral infections. However, some viruses including HIV and those causing viral hepatitis evade these immune responses and cause chronic infections. Microorganisms also have defenses against viral infection, such as restriction modification systems.
Antibiotics have no effect on viruses, but several antiviral drugs have been developed.
Cooties are a make believe disease that young girls think all young boys have and all young boys think young girls have it. It was created to try and keep girls and boys from getting too close in a relationship at such a young age. If infected with "cooties" by touching a kid of the opposite gender, you need a friend to give you a cootie shot which involved them running their finger in a circular motion where a sdhot would be given followed by 2 jabs saying "circle, circle, dot, dot, now you have your cootie shot!"
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Improved Answer: OR if you are sexually active you will pass on the disease. -LH
What does the Trojan vundo do?
They will slow you computer down, and will make you more likely to become infected with more dangerous viruses and spyware. They are called Trojans after the Battle of Troy. The enemies hid inside a horse statue. The Trojans brought this into the city, thinking it was a gift and not knowing they were bringing their enemies inside. The enemies got out, slew the guards at the gate, and then let the rest of the soldiers inside. This applies to software since someone may give you a free game or something, and you don't know there is a computer virus inside or a program designed to damage or steal your computer files.
If you mean in the body, perhaps they are the ones that inhabit cells for a while (incubation period) before attacking. They can have an incubation period from anywhere to a few days to a few years.
Can viruses get infected by viruses?
No- they are both pathogens. Pathogens are harmful or hurtful germs such as viruses, bacteria, worms, and parasites. If they are both Pathogens, then they can't really kill each other.
No, but yes. It matters how you feel about a certain virus!!!!!!!!!!11 No, but yes. It matters how you feel about a certain virus!!!!!!!!!!11
How do you remove the sytem32 virus?
You need to run these 3 essential programs to remove all the spyware on your computer.
If you do not have an internet security suit and only an anti virus
1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
2. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot or Superantispyware
Browsers
Use Mozilla firefox or the google chrome browser for browsing unsafe websites
Install ThreatFire
ThreatFire, features innovative real-time behavioral protection technology that provides powerful standalone protection or the perfect complement to traditional signature-based antivirus programs offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown zero-day viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware and other malware.
Run an online virus scan like
Trend Micro HouseCall
Kaspersky free online virus scanner
Windows Live OneCare safety scanner
BitDefender Online Scanner
ESET Online Antivirus Scanner
F-Secure Online Virus Scanner
avast! Online Scanner
update your software by running
Secunia Online Software Inspector
Install a good antivirus in your computer.
Keep your antivirus updated. If automatic updates are available, configure your antivirus to use them.
Keep your permanent antivirus protection enabled at all times.
What are the major functions of hotels and give explanations?
The main function of hotels is to provide comfortable and safe accommodations for travelers. They can also act as a meeting space for various groups or organizations.
What was the first ever computer virus?
"The Creeper virus, it was first detected on ARPANET" - WikiPedia. The Creeper Virus displayed the message when connecting via dial-up: "I AM THE CREEPER: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN". It was discovered in 1789. This answer is Abhinav jain
well i think you are surprised why no one answered your question it's because there are lots of types of viruses if you were hacked by a Trojan you can remove it with avg anti virus or maybe someone is making a prank on you or if when u start up your computer you see a lot of windows pop up then this is a prank restart your computer and click safemod go to documents / my user / start up programs you will find a cmd program remove it and restart windows normally
Get a good anti-virus program
yes i agree with the answer above but there is one anti virus you do not want because it may infect your computer software and slow down you computer this anti virus is called norton i do not know about any other anti that have had this problem but as long as you stay clear.
Well there are a few types of ways of surfing. The one everyone usally calls surfin adn refers to is stand up surfing. This even has its catogories such as ,shirt board, longboard, mall, minimal, fiberglass and wood. Then we have Bodyboarding this is where u lay or DK(dropknee) of a soft foam or pp or pe board and ride the wave and poform aeirals. These two types are the main types of surfing in todays society. There is also ,kite surfing, wind surfing ,kneeboarding, body surfing and that's about it.
Go for a surf im sure you will enjoy it.
be carefull.
Another way of surfing is sand surfing, which is sufing in the desert on steep dunes.
I think sand surfing is also surfing along the edge of the water at a beach, which is very fun.
Is Kaspersky Internet Security a good program?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal offers excellent antivirus protection, perhaps unsurpassed in its ability to unpack and scan compressed files - something that trips up a lot of other vendors. Should be used in conjunction with a firewall.
tobacco mosaic virus was the first virus found, but poliovirus was the first one whose presence has been recognized (in Ezypcean paint)
Can you get viruses from spotify?
Spotify is a perfectly safe and legal music streaming service it will not give you a virus.
How do you remove Trojan startpage virus 19j if AVG is not working?
You need to run these 5 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.
1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)
2. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot
4 Run Superantispyware
5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection
spykiller.com great site, all the progs and routines needed. works on all versions of startpage virus (hijackthis & cwschedder)
just make sure you follow the instructions EXACTLY.
i should have used "CWShedder" to start with....it took it out with no problem!
You can remove remove Trojan StartPage virus from your computer by following these steps .
= 1 Download and intall the Malwarebytes on your computer .
2 Update your Malwarebytes .
3 Scan your computer for all the malwares in your computer .
4 Remove all the malwares , found while scanning with the malwarebytes .
5 Restart your computer . =
Where did the letter e come from?
The letter 'e' came from the English alphabet!
It also denotes a convenient contraction for the word 'electronic', as in 'email', 'egreeting card', 'eticket' (a hassle-free method of buying a train ticket from home introduced by the Indian Railways), etc.
Who came up with the Trojan war horse idea?
A Trojan Horse is a giant wood horse that was given to the enemy. They thought it was a gift, until they were attacked by their enemies. The same goes for the virus, it seems harmless at first until your computer is destroyed.
YES!
Less than for PC because mac is still only 5% of computer market, but they do exist and can do just as much harm as windows variants
http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/Macintosh_Viruses_and_Mac_Virus_Resources.htm
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who ever wrote that is an idiot. There are a handful, at most, of what could be called viruses for the Mac OS X platform. However, they are simply not as effective, and never can be, as viruses for Windows XP. This is down to the way the system is written. You have distinct layers of the OS - the user only uses the top layer of it all and has to enter passwords specifically to access anything that could be damaged.
So, due to this protection, a user would have to purposefully allow the virus onto their machine.
Secondly, the apple market is much smaller than that held by Microsoft with its Windows platform, so there is less reason to create a virus in the first place - why create something to attack Mac's when the same effort could be expended making one that attacks many more machines.
One caveat here though is that complacency is a bad idea. We should not be sitting there trusting anything and everything we come across on the net - as this may well lead to virus problems.
How do you fix my action replay from freezing when i press start?
First of all turn off the gameboy. The game can freeze when you use too many codes at once. To prevent this dont use as many codes. It can also freeze because of a bad code. Test your codes individually to see wich one freezes the game.
How do you remove a Trojan virus?
The following antivirus programs have been voted the top 5 by the Lifehacker community; Lifehacker is probably the hub of all computer enthusiasts, so this information is extraordinarily reliable. * Avira AntiVir * Kaspersky Anti-Virus * Avast Antivirus * AVG Anti-Virus * NOD32 In addition to this, most major Antivirus company websites have a section on how to manually remove specific viruses, although you must have the name of the virus, and most viruses exact names are fairly long and include special characters.
